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• • ·Table of Contents

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• • ·Editorial Board

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• • ·Information for Authors

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• • ·Information for Readers

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• • ·Author Index

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• • ·Subject Index

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• Editorial

  • ·The value of approved therapies for pulmonary arterial hypertension

    Pagina :889-890

    Stuart Rich

    

• Curriculum in Cardiology

  • ·Current concepts in the mechanisms and management of drug-induced QT prolongation and torsade de pointes

    Pagina :891-899

    Akshay Gupta, Andrew T. Lawrence, Kousik Krishnan, Clifford J. Kavinsky, Richard G. Trohman

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  • ·Beyond the platelet count: Heparin antibodies as independent risk predictors

    Pagina :900-906

    W. Kyle Stribling, Thomas F. Slaughter, Timothy T. Houle, David C. Sane

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  • ·Human epicardial adipose tissue: A review

    Pagina :907-917

    Harold S. Sacks, John N. Fain

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• Trial Design

  • ·Hypertension Intervention Nurse Telemedicine Study (HINTS): Testing a multifactorial tailored behavioral/educational and a medication management intervention for blood pressure control

    Pagina :918-924

    Hayden B. Bosworth, Maren K. Olsen, Felicia McCant, Mikeal Harrelson, Pamela Gentry, Cynthia Rose, Mary K. Goldstein, Brian B. Hoffman, Benjamin Powers, Eugene Z. Oddone

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  • ·Rationale, design, and baseline characteristics of a randomized trial to assess the effect of cholesterol lowering on the progression of aortic stenosis : The Aortic Stenosis Progression Observation: Measuring Effects of Rosuvastatin (ASTRONOMER) trial

    Pagina :925-931

    Kwan-Leung Chan, Koon Teo, James Tam, Jean G. Dumesnil, for the Astronomer Investigators

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  • ·Rationale, design, and methods for the Transplant-Eligible MAnagement of Congestive Heart Failure (TMAC) trial: A multicenter clinical outcomes trial using nesiritide for TMAC

    Pagina :932-940

    Mandeep R. Mehra, Ted McCluskey, Mark Barr, Robert C. Bourge, Mariell L. Jessup, Donna Mancini, Branislav Radovancevic, Barry Rayburn, David O. Taylor, Jane Lilly-Hersley, Peter Linde

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• Results of Expert Meetings

  • ·Preventing tomorrow's sudden cardiac death today : Part I: Current data on risk stratification for sudden cardiac death

    Pagina :941-950

    Sana M. Al-Khatib, Gillian D. Sanders, J. Thomas Bigger, Alfred E. Buxton, Robert M. Califf, Mark Carlson, Anne Curtis, Jeptha Curtis, Eric Fain, Bernard J. Gersh, Michael R. Gold, Ali Haghighi-Mood, Stephen C. Hammill, Jeff Healey, Mark Hlatky, Stefan Hohnloser, Raymond J. Kim, Kerry Lee, Daniel Mark, Marcus Mianulli, Brent Mitchell, Eric N. Prystowsky, Joseph Smith, David Steinhaus, Wojciech Zareba, for an expert panel participating in a Duke's Center for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death conference

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  • ·Preventing tomorrow's sudden cardiac death today : Part II: Translating sudden cardiac death risk assessment strategies into practice and policy

    Pagina :951-959

    Gillian D. Sanders, Sana M. Al-Khatib, Elise Berliner, J. Thomas Bigger, Alfred E. Buxton, Robert M. Califf, Mark Carlson, Anne B. Curtis, Jeptha P. Curtis, Michael Domanski, Eric Fain, Bernard J. Gersh, Michael R. Gold, Jeffrey Goldberger, Ali Haghighi-Mood, Stephen C. Hammill, Joel Harder, Jeffrey Healey, Mark A. Hlatky, Stefan H. Hohnloser, Kerry L. Lee, Daniel B. Mark, Brent Mitchell, Steve Phurrough, Eric Prystowsky, Joseph M. Smith, Norman Stockbridge, Robert Temple, for an expert panel participating in a Duke Center for the Prevention of Sudden Cardiac Death-sponsored conference

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• Clinical Investigations

  • ·Interactions between heparins, glycoprotein IIb/IIIa antagonists, and coronary intervention. The Global Registry of Acute Coronary Events (GRACE)

    Pagina :960-969

    David Brieger, Frans Van de Werf, Álvaro Avezum, Gilles Montalescot, Brian M. Kennelly, Christopher B. Granger, Shaun G. Goodman, Omar H. Dabbous, Giancarlo Agnelli, for the GRACE Investigators

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  • ·Sex-specific effects of diabetes on adverse outcomes after percutaneous coronary intervention: Trends over time

    Pagina :970-978

    Kimberly P. Champney, Emir Veledar, Mitchel Klein, Habib Samady, Deborah Anderson, Susmita Parashar, Nanette Wenger, Viola Vaccarino

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  • ·Randomized comparison of dexamethasone-eluting stents with bare metal stent implantation in patients with acute coronary syndrome: Serial angiographic and sonographic analysis

    Pagina :979.e1

    Andreas König, Markus Leibig, Johannes Rieber, Thomas Michael Schiele, Karl Theisen, Uwe Siebert, Raffaella Matteucci Gothe, Volker Klauss

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  • ·Secondary prevention outcomes among black and white cardiac rehabilitation patients

    Pagina :980-986

    Bonnie K. Sanderson, Saema Mirza, Rachel Fry, Jeroan J. Allison, Vera Bittner

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  • ·Elevated vascular endothelial growth factor levels are associated with aortopulmonary collateral vessels in patients before and after the Fontan procedure

    Pagina :987-994

    Yoshiki Mori, Makiko Shoji, Toshio Nakanishi, Takanari Fujii, Makoto Nakazawa

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  • ·Long-term patency of internal thoracic artery grafts for coronary artery stenosis due to Kawasaki disease: Comparison of early with recent results in small children

    Pagina :995-1000

    Etsuko Tsuda, Soichiro Kitamura, Kohji Kimura, Junjiro Kobayashi, Shunichi Miyazaki, Shigeyuki Echigo, Toshikatsu Yagihara

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  • ·Association between cardiorespiratory fitness and prevalence of carotid atherosclerosis among men with hypertension

    Pagina :1001-1005

    Sae Young Jae, Mercedes R. Carnethon, Kevin S. Heffernan, Yoon-Ho Choi, Moon-Kyu Lee, Bo Fernhall

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  • ·Guideline-adherent antithrombotic treatment is associated with improved outcomes compared with undertreatment in high-risk patients with atrial fibrillation. The Euro Heart Survey on Atrial Fibrillation

    Pagina :1006-1012

    Robby Nieuwlaat, S. Bertil Olsson, Gregory Y.H. Lip, A. John Camm, Günter Breithardt, Alessandro Capucci, Joan G. Meeder, Martin H. Prins, Samuel Lévy, Harry J.G.M. Crijns, on behalf of the Euro Heart Survey Investigators

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  • ·Prognostic role of transesophageal echocardiography in acute type A aortic dissection

    Pagina :1013-1020

    Eduardo Bossone, Arturo Evangelista, Eric Isselbacher, Santi Trimarchi, Stuart Hutchison, Dan Gilon, Alfredo Llovet, Patrick O'Gara, Jeanna V. Cooper, Jianming Fang, James L. Januzzi, Rajendra H. Mehta, Alessandro Distante, Christoph A. Nienaber, Kim Eagle, William F. Armstrong, on behalf of the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) Investigators

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  • ·Temporal trends in clinical characteristics, treatments, and outcomes for heart failure hospitalizations, 2002 to 2004: findings from Acute Decompensated Heart Failure National Registry (ADHERE)

    Pagina :1021-1028

    Gregg C. Fonarow, J. Thomas Heywood, Paul A. Heidenreich, Margarita Lopatin, Clyde W. Yancy, for the ADHERE Scientific Advisory Committee and Investigators

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  • ·?-Blocker dosing in community-based treatment of heart failure

    Pagina :1029-1036

    Michael B. Fowler, Sandra R. Lottes, Jeanenne J. Nelson, Mary Ann Lukas, Edward M. Gilbert, Barry Greenberg, Barry M. Massie, William T. Abraham, Joseph A. Franciosa, for the COHERE Participant Physicians

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  • ·A meta-analysis of trials of pulmonary hypertension: A clinical condition looking for drugs and research methodology

    Pagina :1037-1047

    Alejandro Macchia, Roberto Marchioli, RosaMaria Marfisi, Marco Scarano, Giacomo Levantesi, Luigi Tavazzi, Gianni Tognoni

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  • ·Relationship of high-sensitivity C-reactive protein to prognosis and other prognostic markers in outpatients with heart failure

    Pagina :1048-1055

    Jonathan D. Windram, Puan H. Loh, Alan S. Rigby, Ian Hanning, Andrew L. Clark, John G.F. Cleland

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  • ·Long-term effect of atorvastatin on neurohumoral activation and cardiac function in patients with chronic heart failure: A prospective randomized controlled study

    Pagina :1055.e1

    Takahisa Yamada, Koichi Node, Takanao Mine, Takashi Morita, Hidetaka Kioka, Yasumasa Tsukamoto, Shunsuke Tamaki, Masaharu Masuda, Keiji Okuda, Masatake Fukunami

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  • ·Effects of exercise training on heart rate recovery in patients with chronic heart failure

    Pagina :1056-1063

    Jonathan Myers, David Hadley, Ulrike Oswald, Karin Bruner, Wilhard Kottman, Leon Hsu, Paul Dubach

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  • ·Angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibitors and angiotensin receptor blockers in patients with congestive heart failure and chronic kidney disease

    Pagina :1064-1073

    Alan K. Berger, Sue Duval, Connie Manske, Gabriela Vazquez, Cheryl Barber, Leslie Miller, Russell V. Luepker

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  • ·Relation of sex to morbidity and mortality in patients with heart failure and reduced or preserved left ventricular ejection fraction

    Pagina :1074-1080

    François Alla, Ahmad Y. Al-Hindi, Craig R. Lee, Todd A. Schwartz, J. Herbert Patterson, Kirkwood F. Adams

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  • ·Relation of early improvement in coronary flow reserve to late recovery of left ventricular function after ?-blocker therapy in patients with idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy

    Pagina :1080.e1

    Kenichi Sugioka, Takeshi Hozumi, Yasuhiko Takemoto, Shoichi Ehara, Keitaro Ogawa, Shinchi Iwata, Hiroki Oe, Yoshiki Matsumura, Ryo Otsuka, Minoru Yoshiyama, Junichi Yoshikawa

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  • ·Coronary endothelial dysfunction and hyperlipidemia are independently associated with diastolic dysfunction in humans

    Pagina :1081-1087

    Ahmad A. Elesber, Margaret M. Redfield, Charanjit S. Rihal, Abhiram Prasad, Shahar Lavi, Ryan Lennon, Verghese Mathew, Lilach O. Lerman, Amir Lerman

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  • ·Impaired peripheral endothelial function in severe idiopathic pulmonary hypertension correlates with the pulmonary vascular response to inhaled iloprost

    Pagina :1088.e1

    Birger Wolff, Sven Lodziewski, Tom Bollmann, Christian F. Opitz, Ralf Ewert

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  • ·Where patients with mild to moderate heart failure die: Results from the Sudden Cardiac Death in Heart Failure Trial (SCD-HeFT)

    Pagina :1089-1094

    Brian Olshansky, Freda Wood, Anne S. Hellkamp, Jeanne E. Poole, Jill Anderson, George W. Johnson, Robin Boineau, Michael J. Domanski, Daniel B. Mark, Kerry L. Lee, Gust H. Bardy, for the SCD-HeFT Investigators

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• Letters to the Editor

  • ·Letter to the Editor

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    Frans van de Werf

    
  • ·Response to the letter to the Editor by van de Werf

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    Su San Liem, J. Wouter Jukema, Martin J. Schalij

    
  • ·?-Blockers do not always reduce perioperative events: check catecholamines levels postoperatively: Letter to the Editor

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    Luiz F. Souza, Ana C. Pereira, Paulo S. Lavinas

    
  • ·Failure of ?-blockers in the reduction of perioperative events: Where did we go wrong? : Response to the letter to the Editor by Souza et al

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    Peter A. McCullough

    
  • ·Letter to the Editor

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    Kür?at Kaptan, Ahmet Ifran, Cengiz Beyan

    
  • ·Mortality associated with nesiritide: Letter to the Editor

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    Richard J. Carroll, Zuber D. Mulla, Loran D. Hauck, Audrey Westbrook

    
  • ·Response

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    Rohit Arora, Prasanna K. Venkatesh, Janos Molnar